Carotid atherosclerosis in virologically suppressed HIV patients: comparison with a healthy sample and prediction by cardiovascular risk equations.
Maria SaumoyS Di YacovoS PérezJ L Sánchez-QuesadaJ M ValdivielsoI SubiranaA ImazJuan Manuel TiraboschiB GarcíaJ Ordoñez-LLanosS BenítezD PodzamczerM GrauPublished in: HIV medicine (2021)
The features of carotid atherosclerosis did not differ between the HIV-infected and the control group, although CVR equations were more predictive for carotid plaque in controls than in HIV-infected patients. HIV-specific equations did not improve prediction.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- hiv infected patients
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv aids
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- hepatitis c virus
- coronary artery disease
- hiv testing
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported